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Four SOP students eye gift for future
by caroline peters
correspondent

Four School of Pharmacy students are working to raise money for the
next generation.
The students are working to create a scholarship
for future students coming
to the School of Pharmacy.
“Students are really developing that idea of philanthropy so it continues.
That’s the whole idea,” said
Anna Rittenhouse, the director of development for

the School of Pharmacy.
The leaders of the fundraisers are four female
School of Pharmacy students who will graduate
in 2014: Sara Mallow, Cara
Milburn, Victoria Mathews
and Stephanie Perkins.
“Our past classes haven’t
donated a gift to the school
yet so I thought it would be
cool,” Milburn said. “We
are the centennial class
and this will leave our
mark.”
The students have been
granted piggy banks for the

fundraiser. All 80 students
in the class of 2014, along
with faculty, have decorated piggy banks, which
serve as an abstract reminder of the fundraiser.
“Don’t let your piggy
starve over Christmas
break,” Rittenhouse said.
The students will be
dumping out their piggy
banks and counting the
contents.
They are hoping to
raise $25,000 in order for
the money to be endowed
as a scholarship at WVU.

The West Virginia University Spanish Club celebrated a unique piece of
Mexican culture with students Thursday.
El Dia de los Muertos,
otherwise known as “The
Day of the Dead,” is typically
celebrated Nov. 1-2. This
holiday has been a prominent part of Mexican culture for nearly 3,000 years.
The Day of the Dead focuses on honoring friends
and family members who
have passed away.
Traditionally, the first
day of the celebration focuses on deceased infants
and children, while the
second day is dedicated to
adults.
The Spanish Club transformed Oglebay Hall into
a honorary celebration for
those who have passed
and gave students a firsthand glimpse into Mexican
culture.
Those who attended
were able to treat themselves to unique delectables not typically seen in the
United States such as “Agua
de Jamaica,” a purple drink
made from hibiscus leaves,
and “Pan de Muerto,” bread
made especially for the hol-

This will ensure the students leave behind their
legacy.
“We’ve been doing this
since September and so far
we have $4,050,” Mathews
said.
The kickoff for the fundraiser began on September 26th and will continue
for the year.
“In addition to collecting change, the students
have a commitment to a
corporate identity that
will match what they have
raised this year,” Ritten-

house said.
The students haven’t decided who will be granted
the scholarship yet.
“Someone in good academic standing and with
leadership positions would
be taken into consideration,” Perkins said.
The students plan to
raise enough money to ensure that the scholarship
continues at WVU.
“We are planting the
seed in other students
minds by doing this,” Mallow said. “After we grad-

Staff writer

West Virginia University was recently introduced to a new “miracle drug” that has already
served as a practiced
home remedy for years in
India: curcumin.
Not only is curcumin
the yellow pigment found
in the curry spice turmeric, but a WVU professor said he has all the
answers to any health
problem with just one
ingredient.
Rajesh Naz, Professor of obstetrics and gynecology and Vice Chair
for Research, said he believes curcumin has immense biological effects.
Naz said he came to
WVU in 2005 and began
researching in 2009.
Today, there are currently 40 clinical trials

iday. The spread of traditional Mexican food was so
elaborate it consumed the
entire length of a classroom.
Students who participated had the opportunity
to create homemade sugar
skulls with their peers and
faculty members.
Jennifer Noori, president of the Spanish Club,
said she was excited for the
opportunity to introduce
students to true Mexican
culture.
“I hope students gain
knowledge of what Day of
the Dead is all about. I’ve
heard it used out of context
very often, so I hope students can take a bit of Mexican culture from celebrating this event,” she said.
Along with religious
gatherings and prayer, participants of this festivity also
decorate private altars dedicated to their loved ones.
With embellishments that
include sugar skulls, marigolds, old photos, memorabilia and favorite foods of
the deceased, this memorial is unique from anything
seen in the United States.
However, it appears
many people in Morgantown are celebrating Day of
the Dead as well.

see holiday on PAGE 2

being conducted in humans for various diseases
worldwide.
“It’s a yellow pigment,
but it’s not really a ‘spicy’
spice,” Naz said. “It’s antibacterial, antiviral,
anti-inflammatory, antiallergic, antimalarial, anticancer and now anti-Alzheimer’s and possibly a
contraceptive.”
Naz said most recently,
his research discovered
that curcumin can be used
to combat STDs and as a
contraceptive.
This was the first time
in the world curcumin
had been studied as a contraceptive, he said.
“There are approximately one million new
cases of STDs found everyday, and 45 percent of
women will have at least
one type of an STD,” he

uate, we plan on having
incoming School of Pharmacy students pledge a
certain amount of money
toward the fund.”
At the end of the academic year the girls are going to pool their funds and
have a ceremony to celebrate the scholarship.
To donate to the scholarship fund, contact the
School of Pharmacy or visit
http://pharmacy.hsc.wvu.
edu.

At every home Mountaineer football game, the West
Virginia University marching band – known officially
as “The Pride of West Virginia” – performs their
unique halftime show for
thousands of fans.
But for this inaugural
Big 12 season, The “Pride”
might not be able to join
the football team at away

games.
Due to traveling costs
and a limited budget, “The
Pride” may have to stay
local.
“While the University and
the Athletic Department
provide financial support
for the band, our travel expenses exceed the band’s
budget,” said Jay Drury, the
band’s director, in a release.
“We rely on private support
from our alumni and friends
to enable us to travel.”

The “Pride” Travel Fund,
established by the WVU
Foundation, raises money
from donors to offset the
band’s travel costs. These
donations allowed the band
to travel to Washington,
D.C., for the match against
James Madison University
in September.
“We are very humbled by
the outpouring of support
from the many alumni and
fans of the WVU marching
band,” Drury said.

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This year, the band plans
to travel to several regional
exhibitions.
However, WVU’s problematic distance from other
Big 12 schools means the
band can’t afford to travel
– even with record-breaking donations topping
$103,000.
Senior drum major Katie
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“The Pride of West Virginia,” the Mountaineer Marching Band, performs during halftime of West Virginia’s home opener against Marshall.

pride

Continued from page 1
band and had hoped to see
The “Pride” travel this year.
“Normally we like to go
to one or two of the bigger
away games, to show our
conference what WVU is all
about,” she said. “Our director tried really hard, but
the University just didn’t
have the funding to send us
anywhere.”
Demyan said she hoped
to bring the band’s halftime
show to Big 12 stadiums.
“We were really bummed
about that,” she said. “The
travel fund is awesome,
and really helps us offset
the costs of taking the band
somewhere, but it’s not
nearly enough,” she said.

holiday

Continued from page 1
Victoria Garrett, a
Spanish professor, said she
was surprised to discover
Morgantown residents celebrating the holiday outside
the Spanish Club.
Garrett said in preparing
for the event, she had a difficult time finding supplies.
Several stores in the area told
her Day of the Dead items

“It’s a drop in the bucket of
the total costs.”
Anywhere between 350
and 400 students are in the
band each year. In order to
send them all to an exhibition or football game, the
University must rent nine
charter buses and rent out
more than 100 hotel rooms.
Some of the Big 12 stadiums are too far to drive
to, meaning the band
would have to fly – a virtual
impossibility.
Representatives from
the University, including
Athletic Director Oliver
Luck, have lobbied to allocate more money to travel
expenses.
“They do want to send the
band and help us travel,”
Demyan said. “Unfortunately, there wasn’t any

money to send us anywhere
this season.”
According to Demyan,
the halftime show isn’t
the only reason the band
travels.
“Whenever we go somewhere we do the best we can
to represent WVU,” she said.
“We get to not only perform
for another team’s home
crowd, but we get to reach
out to the community, as
well.”
When The “Pride” travels, they often stop at high
schools along the way and
give exhibition shows to
spread awareness about the
program.
She knows The “Pride” is
a valuable recruiting tool –
it was one of the reasons she
chose to attend WVU.
“I can’t tell you how many

were in high demand, and
they sold out quickly.
“It was nearly impossible to find molds to make
our sugar skulls; almost everywhere I went to was sold
out,” she said.
Matthew Cardinal, a
member of the Spanish
Club, said he believes the
Day of the Dead event is a
great kickoff to the club’s various other events throughout
the school year.
“If you have any interest in

foreign language, it’s a great
club to be involved in; everyone should come out to our
next event in December,” he
said.
Cardinal said the club regularly holds dances and encourages students to come
out and participate.
For more information on
the WVU Spanish Club, visit
www.spanish.worldlang.
wvu.edu/club-de-espanol.

other members can say the
whole reason they came to
WVU was to be in the band,
and the first time they were
exposed to our band was
during one of those performances,” she said.
She recalls the WVU vs.
Rutgers football game last
year, where a freak snowstorm covered the field –
and the band – with snow.
At halftime, Drury directed the band to play
“Country Roads,” – a move
Demyan said made a
change in the fans and the
players.
“It was so cool to fill the
stadium with ‘Country
Roads,’ and hear our fans
singing along,” she said. “It
made a change in our players, too. It reminded them:
‘All of Mountaineer nation

is watching and supporting
you, and we know you can
win this,’ and they did.”
Caroline Bailey, piccolo
section leader and rank
leader in the band, feels
The “Pride” serves a deeper
purpose.
“When we get to go out
and travel, we feel like we
have a very important job,”
she said. “We feel like we are
ambassadors of this state,
and it’s very humbling for
us.”
She explained the title of
“The Pride of West Virginia”
was not self-proclaimed.
“Our name was given to
us by our fans, and we know
we have to live up to that every day,” she said. “By traveling west, we would be
showing ourselves to people who have never seen

us perform before, and we
want them to be just as willing to say: ‘Yeah, that’s the
Pride of West Virginia.’”
For her, being in the band
isn’t just a privilege – it’s a
way of life.
“Some people (in the
Big 12) may not know very
much about West Virginia,
and we want to show them
this is what we’re all about,”
she said. “Once you’re in
‘The Pride,’ you’re in it for
life, even if you can’t stay
involved.”
To learn more about the
WVU marching band, visit
http://theprideofwestvirginia.org. To donate to “The
Pride” Travel Fund, visit
http://pridetravelfund.
com.
bryan.bumgardner@mail.wvu.edu

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Rachel Whitehair, a senior biology student, decorates a skull at the Spanish Club’s Day of the Dead celebration Thursday
evening.

remedy

Continued from page 1
said.
“It can cure so many
health issues,” Naz said.
“So many students are
already catching on because it doesn’t have any
side effects.”
Not only can curcumin help arthritis, infections and headaches,
but Naz said it can help
individuals get rid of a
cold, give them more energy and possibly help
them lose weight.
“People generally take
it to help arthritis, cancer,
inflammation, infection
and numerous other diseases because it all starts
with inflammation in the
body,” Naz said.
He said curcumin can be
mixed with milk or water
for a daily dose, and individuals should feel results
within one week.

A curcumin paste is also
made in India to prevent
wrinkles for the face and
as a toothpaste.
“I’m very excited about
this,” Naz said. “Some
things you do for academics, but some things you do
because you really want to
it to be continued and to
be constant.”
Naz and other students
have been working on
the nano-curcumin to be
taken as a single dose for
thirty days.
“By creating the nanocurcumin, it will increase
its half-life,” Naz said. “The
idea of developing this into
a capsule is being worked
on, as well.”
The three diseases that
are common in America, but not in India are
cancer, Alzheimer’s and
Parkinsons.
By traveling around the
world, Naz said he has
been able to teach individuals about curcumin and

encourage everyone to at
least give it a try.
“Traveling and teaching
is very fulfilling and exciting,” Naz said. “It’s great to
reach out to young minds
and continue to study
more about curcumin
itself.”
Next week, Naz will meet
with 35 other professionals
and experts on contraceptives and curcumin.
“Curcumin is something
useful and cheap for individuals to afford,” Naz said.
“My target is for something
very usual, simple and less
expensive for women to
use.”
Naz also said by introducing curcumin into
one’s life, they will immediately live and feel
healthier.
For more information
on Naz’s research and curcumin, visit www.medicine.hsc.wvu.edu.
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Friday November 9, 2012

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Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s big Hispanic win worries Republicans

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Spanish language election campaign signs promoting President Barack Obama hang on the windows at Lechonera El Barrio Restaurant in Orlando, Fla.
DENVER (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Omayra
Vasquez blinks and does
a double take when asked
why she voted to re-elect
President Barack Obama.
The reason for her was as
natural as breathing.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel closer to him,â&#x20AC;? said
Vasquez, a 43-year-old Federal Express worker from
Denver. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He cares about the
Spanish people.â&#x20AC;?
Millions of Hispanic voters seconded that emotion
Tuesday with resounding 71
percent support for Obama,
tightening Democratsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; grip
on the White House and
putting Republicans on notice that they must seriously
court the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest
minority group if they want
to win the presidency again.
According to initial exit
polls, Republican candidate
Mitt Romney, who backed
hard-line immigration measures, came away with 27
percent Hispanic support,
less than any presidential
candidate in 16 years. It
also was a sharp drop from
the 44 percent claimed by
President George W. Bush
in his 2004 re-election after
he embraced immigration
reform.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We could have won this
election if the party had
a better brand name with
Hispanics,â&#x20AC;? said Al Cardenas, chairman of the American Conservative Union. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I
donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a path
to the White House in the
future that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t include
38 percent to 40 percent
Hispanic support.â&#x20AC;?
Cardenas said Hispanics
were only a large part of a
worrisome trend in the electorate, which is increasingly
comprised of younger and
minority voters who traditionally do not back Republicans. If the 1980 electorate looked like the 2012
version, he added, Jimmy
Carter would have defeated
Ronald Reagan.
Matt Schlapp, who was
political director of George
W. Bushâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2000 campaign,
drew parallels between the
GOPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s standing with Hispanics and the partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s troubles with African-Americans, who now routinely
back Democrats by 9-1
margins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The idea that we
would somehow copy that
with the Hispanic community is troubling,â&#x20AC;? he said.
Hispanics have long fa-

vored Democrats. But they
have been trending even
more sharply toward that
party since Republicans
stymied Bushâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s immigration
proposal and favored hardline immigration measures
that critics decried as racially motivated.
Romney tapped an author of Arizonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s controversial immigration law to advise him during the GOP
primaries and called for
â&#x20AC;&#x153;self-deportationâ&#x20AC;? to lower
the number of illegal immigrants. Obama, meanwhile,
announced in June that immigration authorities would
grant work permits to people brought here illegally
as children who graduated
high school or served in the
military. The directive energized a Hispanic electorate
that had been disappointed
by Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inability to overhaul the U.S. immigration
system.
Interviews with voters as
they left their polling places
this week found that Hispanics gave Obama his winning margin in Colorado,
Nevada and Virginia. They
also account for his narrow
lead in Florida, where votes

were still being counted on
Thursday.
Even before the races
were called, some Republicans took to the airwaves
and social media to call on
the party to pull back from
its hard-line stance and embrace certain immigration
reforms.
Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unclear whether the
results would change the
partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opposition to legalizing the status of some illegal immigrants. In a conversation with the Des Moines
Register last month, Obama
predicted that GOP opposition could crumble after Hispanics delivered the
White House to him. The
conversation was initially
off the record but later published with the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
consent.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;And since this is off the
record, I will just be very
blunt,â&#x20AC;? Obama said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Should
I win a second term, a big
reason I will win a second
term is because the Republican nominee and the
Republican Party have so
alienated the fastest-growing demographic group
in the country, the Latino
community.â&#x20AC;?

On Wednesday, Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid,
D-Nev., said he would introduce immigration legislation next year and that Republicans would reject it â&#x20AC;&#x153;at
their peril.â&#x20AC;?
Opponents of an immigration deal warned that
Republicans should not take
the Democratsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bait. Steve
Camarota of the Center for
Immigration Studies noted
that Hispanics have reliably
backed Democrats for decades, even after President
Ronald Reagan signed an
immigration amnesty law
in 1986 that gave many of
them legal status. Those
new American citizens, Camarota said, turned into
Democrats.
Camarota and other supporters of immigration restrictions contend that Hispanics lean Democratic
because they favor government social programs and
higher taxes on the wealthy.
The GOP changed the national electorate through
the 1986 law â&#x20AC;&#x153;and now they
have to move with the electorate,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For 30
years that we have data,
Hispanics have been voting

Democratic. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no reason to think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to
change unless the Republican Party moves away from
its low-tax, low-regulation
position.â&#x20AC;?
NumbersUSA President
Roy Beck, whose group advocates reductions in immigration levels, argues that
Republicans like Romney
need to explain to Hispanic
voters why immigration restrictions are in their interest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He should have talked
about Hispanic unemployment and how much high
immigration hurts Hispanic
employment.â&#x20AC;?
Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Pa.,
an immigration hawk,
agreed and said economic
issues, not immigration, are
key to winning Hispanics.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;You should never sacrifice
your core beliefs for political
reasons,â&#x20AC;? he said.
The debate is nothing
new for the GOP.
Mario H. Lopez, president of the conservative
Hispanic Leadership Fund,
said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heard arguments
like that before â&#x20AC;&#x201C; after every
election in which Hispanics
lean more Democratic and
Republicans suffer.

Claims about flood-damaged cars arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t true
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not anything near
what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re talking about in
the Katrina situation,â&#x20AC;? said
James Appleton, president
of the New Jersey Coalition
of Automotive Retailers,
a statewide association of
more than 500 dealers.
Frank Scafidi, a spokesman for the National Insurance Crime Bureau, an insurance company group
that monitors fraud and
other trends, concurred,
saying insurers monitored
by his group are logging far
fewer claims than they did
with Katrina.
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thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be 2, 3,
400,000 cars out of this thing
just because this is such a
huge geographic storm,â&#x20AC;?
Scafidi said.
Because many communities are still cleaning up
from the superstorm, more
claims are bound to come
in. But 10 days after Sandy,
the rate is already starting
to slow. And many of these
cars will have relatively minor damage unrelated to
water. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be fixed and
returned to their owners.
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Sandy while they sat on
docks in the New York area
awaiting shipment to dealers. But most of those vehicles wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t end up on sales
lots. Automakers will have
severely damaged cars
crushed because they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t
want their brand name hurt
by substandard vehicles circulating in the marketplace.
To be sure, flood-damaged cars can be a serious
problem. Once a vehicle is
dried out, the damage may
not be immediately apparent, so the car can often
be sold to an unsuspecting
buyer.
Beneath the surface, the
water can damage computers that control everything
from the gas pedal to the
entertainment system. Saltwater, like that from Sandyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
storm surge, is especially
harmful, causing corrosion
in electrical and mechanical parts that can pose problems for years.
Companies like Carfax,
a Centreville, Va., provider
of vehicle-history reports,
stand to benefit if more buyers are worried about the

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DETROIT (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; In the
days since Superstorm
Sandy, an alarming prediction has flashed across
the Internet: Hundreds of
thousands of flood-damaged vehicles will inundate
the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s used-car market, and buyers might not be
told which cars have been
ruined.
Not true, according to
insurance-claims data reviewed by The Associated
Press. The actual number
of affected vehicles is far
smaller, and some of those
cars will be repaired and
kept by their owners. The
dire predictions are being
spread by a company that
sells vehicle title and repair
histories and by the largest
group representing American car dealers.
They claim the number of
cars marred by Sandy could
be larger than when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf
Coast in 2005 and damaged
more than 600,000 vehicles.
But an AP analysis of claims
data supplied by major insurance companies shows
the total number of damaged cars is a fraction of
that.
The companies â&#x20AC;&#x201C; State
Farm, Progressive, New Jersey Manufacturers and Nationwide â&#x20AC;&#x201C; have received
about 31,000 car-damage
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risk of purchasing a flooded
car. The company charges
$39.99 for a single report,
although it also contracts
with dealers and manufacturers, so many reports cost
less. About 170 million reports are viewed each year.
Carfax, a privately held
subsidiary of the R.L. Polk
& Co. automotive data firm,
put out a news release Tuesday speculating that Sandyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
toll on cars would exceed
the damage left by Katrina.
In an interview, company
spokesman Larry Gamache
said early indications were
that more vehicles could
have been damaged in the
densely populated Northeast than were damaged by
Katrina in 2005 along the
more sparsely populated
Gulf Coast. He estimated
that half of them, more than
Ap
300,000, would find their
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It’s all over – all (well, most)
votes have been tallied, every
state has chosen its favorite
color from a host of options
(well, two), and America has
chosen the leader of the free
world for the next four years.
If it seems like a long time,
it is – 1,460 days, to be exact. That’s 208 weeks to enact policy, 48 months to interact with foreign diplomats
and 34, 944 hours to find the
time to respond to asinine requests from idle billionaires.

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In that time frame, however, is a much smaller one –
approximately 53 days. That
is the window of time before
the Bush-era tax cuts expire,
the Budget Control Act goes
into effect, a number of tax
cuts end, and taxes related to
the Affordable Care Act begin. It’s what most political
pundits, mainstream media
organizations and doomsday prophesiers refer to as
the “fiscal cliff.”
Almost makes you wish

the Mayans were right,
doesn’t it?
The results of the election
don’t inspire much of a hope
for change, either. The U.S.
House of Representatives remains in Republican control,
while the Senate is now very
decidedly Democratic.
While this will ultimately
make for more interesting
inter-office softball games, it
also means another potential gridlock on the nation’s
most polarizing issue: the

economy.
The fiscal cliff is fast approaching, and lawmakers
must compromise quickly to
avoid derailing the economy
or launching the nation into
another recession.
Simply put, we have a few
options:
Congress could do nothing, allow the Bush tax cuts
and the payroll tax holiday to
expire while simultaneously
enacting the health care tax
and austerity measures. It

would cut the current deficit
by almost half. What’s not to
love? Nothing, if you’re a fan
of recessions and skyrocketing unemployment. There
are two sides to every coin.
Washington could also opt
to cancel most, if not all, of
the scheduled tax increases
while maintaining the cuts.
This option will make absolutely no one on The Hill
happy and will serve to further burden the national
deficit. An attractive op-

tion if you’re an insatiable
masochist.
The third option is, of
course, the unthinkable: a
compromise that would extend the Bush cuts and cancel the automatic spending
cuts, resulting in a modest
level of economic growth.
Or we could all move
to Canada like we’ve been
threatening to for years.
That’ll show them.
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Where does the Republican party go from here?

AP

Standing with their families, Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and wife Ann Romney, left, stand with Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, second right, and his wife Janna, third right, as
they wave to supporters after Romney gave his concession speech at his election night rally in Boston.

chris nyden
columnist

For the past few years, we
have seen a few economic
gains, but mostly just tepid
growth. Growing unemployment has caused strain for
many American families and
forced them to make tough
financial decisions. In 2008,
we were promised change,
but not much has changed
for those people still out of
work.
In such an election, one
would expect Obama and
many congressional Democrats to lose. As we now
know, Obama won, and
Democrats ended up gaining two seats in the Senate,
assuming Maine Senatorelect Angus King caucuses
with the Democrats.
With such anti-incumbent
sentiment, something must
be said about the strength
of President Obama and the
Democratic ticket. However,
extremism in the Republican Party is just as much to
blame for these losses. This

was most apparent in the
Senate races.
In Indiana, Richard Mourdock, the Republican nominee and Tea Party favorite,
led the Senate race in early
October. A poll from Rasmussen Reports showed a
lead of five points on his opponent Joe Donnelly.
In a debate on Oct. 23,
Mourdock responded to a
question about abortion by
stating the only exception
should be when the life of
the mother is in danger. He
said, “Life is that gift from
God that I think even if life
begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to
happen.”
This comment drew national attention and attacks
from women’s rights groups.
Before long, Donnelly had
taken an 11-point lead on a
Nov. 1 poll.
In the case of the Missouri
Senate race, Senator Claire
McCaskill was fighting off
another Tea Party candidate, Representative Todd
Akin. Akin maintained leads
in every independent poll
from early March through

mid-August.
On Aug. 19, Akin was
asked whether women who
were victims of rape have a
right to abortion. Akin first
explained that these cases
are very rare. The Guttmacher Institute has found
that rape is responsible
for about 1 percent of all
abortions.
But before explaining his
opposition to rape in this
case, the member of the
House Committee on Science said, “If it’s a legitimate
rape, the female body has
ways to try to shut that whole
thing down.”
As one would expect,
many women were not flattered by a politician who
made uneducated distinctions between what is legitimate rape and what is not.
Akin suffered a 15-point loss,
while Mourdock lost by more
than five percent.
While national Republicans repudiated the comments and distanced themselves from them, many
female voters began to see a
trend. These views are certainly not representative
of those of the Republican

Party, but the Republican
Party has allowed itself to
nominate more leaders with
views like these.
Republicans have often
quoted popular economic
concepts paired with social
views popular among conservatives to get elected.
These social views include
increasingly restricted women’s abortion rights and continued calls for amendments
banning gay marriage.
The problem with these
social views is they are becoming less popular among
the general population. A
CNN poll in August found
83 percent of respondents
support abortion in the case
of rape. Almost every major poll released this year
showed that either a majority supported same-sex marriage or a plurality did.
In the election, three
states approved same-sex
marriage, while Minnesota
voted down an amendment
to make it illegal. The prevailing opinions on social issues are changing, and the
Republican Party has the option of putting these issues
on the back burner or getting

left behind.
This Republican Party,
the one of 2012 which nominated numerous candidates
who openly bashed homosexuals and made inflammatory comments toward
women’s rights, is not the
historical Republican Party.
Moderate Republicans
have been increasingly
pushed out in recent years,
evidenced by Senator Arlen
Specter’s move to the Democratic Party in 2009, Senator
Olympia Snowe’s decision to
not seek re-election this year
and the numerous House
and Senate primaries voting
out moderate Republicans in
favor of more conservative or
Tea Party Republicans.
Many young people I have
spoken with share the Republican Party’s core economic values; they want
balanced budgets so we can
eliminate the crushing debt
that will affect our bank accounts down the road. They
don’t believe government is
the only answer during economic crises, and the private
sector sometimes needs to
correct itself.
But the Republican Party

has emphasized outdated
social views for too long.
Many of us simply disagree on abortion, which
is perfectly fine. Problems
arise when Republican candidates distinguish between
what is and what is not “legitimate rape” and call something as awful as a pregnancy
resulting from rape the will
of God. The Grand Old Party
can only separate itself from
those beliefs for so long.
Once these statements are
echoed by other candidates,
it is time to stop giving these
candidates support.
As much as I disagree
with many of my Republican friends, their opinions
are vital to the success of this
country. A single viewpoint
should never dominate the
political arena. Rather, politics should involve a continuous exchange of ideas with
qualified and reasonable
representation from all sides.
The Republican Party
must learn from their losses.
It’s time to rethink their approach to social issues during the coming months and
years. Our success as a union
depends upon it.

Obama’s second term may mean stronger hand in foreign policy
Kal Raustiala
UCLA

President Barack Obama
did not win overwhelmingly
Tuesday night, but he did
win decisively. And while
foreign policy was a minor
factor for many voters, polls
suggest that most favored
Obama’s foreign policy over
former Gov. Mitt Romney’s
and generally approved of
the job the president has
been doing abroad.
Historically, second-term
presidents become increasingly focused on foreign policy. Former President George
W. Bush was an exception
because Sept. 11 thrust foreign policy to the forefront
right away. Former President
Bill Clinton’s experience is
probably more suggestive. I
expect Obama to increase his
focus on foreign policy in the
years to come.
One issue in particular,

DA

mentioned in his acceptance speech but largely ignored over the last couple
of years, is climate change.
Obama came into office with
a strong focus on the climate
crisis, but domestic political
realities forced, or at least encouraged, a retreat.
Climate change was also
almost entirely absent from
the campaign. But we may
see more attention to it in
the next few years, and we
should. While Hurricane
Sandy cannot be clearly attributed to climate change,
it is undeniable that storms
like Sandy will become
more common as the planet
warms. And that is but one
aspect of the growing and
alarming climate problem.
American leadership
on this issue will not solve
it. But without American
leadership, little can be
accomplished.
President Obama may
also intensify his “pivot to
Asia.” For the last 11 years,
the Middle East has domi-

nated American foreign policy. While there are many important reasons for the U.S.
to remain active in the region
– not least the great turmoil
there in the wake of the Arab
Spring – there is no question that the world’s center
of gravity is elsewhere.
Asia is far more economically dynamic, has a huge
population and is the home
of several great powers –
most significantly, the second-largest economy in the
world, China.
The U.S. physical and diplomatic presence in Asia is
large and meaningful, but
many friendly Asian states
have felt for years that the
U.S. does not devote enough
time and energy to Asia. That
may change further during
Obama’s second term.
There are other areas in
which Obama may devote
more energy. He came into
office with strong rhetoric
on human rights; his record
has been much spottier. But
Obama may use his bully

pulpit – and his much freer
hand on foreign policy – to
be more active in the area.
That said, Obama is also
clearly comfortable deploying American power and is
no dove.
Will that mean a more
aggressive stance on Syria?
That seems unlikely at the
moment given geopolitical realities. But in general,
he has shown a willingness
(see Libya) to override congressional prerogatives and
has several top advisers, including his possible new secretary of state, with strong
commitments to humanitarian intervention.
As in domestic policy, of
course, the president does
not hold all the foreign policy cards. But areas such as
these are largely in the hands
of the president, and we can
expect Obama, having completed his last electoral camAP
paign, to be more active,
more engaged and perhaps President Barack Obama, with his arm around daughter Sasha, and first lady Mimore daring in the four years chelle Obama and eldest daughter Malia exit Air Force One at Andrews Air Force
Base, Md.
to come.

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For more information, email
Rabbi@JewishWV.org or call
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or a ride, call 304-685-5195.
CAMPUS LIGHT MINISTRIES hosts its weekly meeting and Bible study at 7 p.m.
in the Bluestone Room of the
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WOMEN, INFANTS AND
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DAILY HOROSCOPES
BY JACQUELINE BIGAR
BORN TODAY This year opportunities fall into your lap, with Lady
Luck cheering you on. You will have
so many chances to achieve an emotional goal that it would be hard for
people to believe if you were not
to follow through. If you are single, you’ll meet someone through
your immediate circle. If you are attached, you socialize more as a couple. You will find yourself even more
content in your relationship.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19)
HHHH The words “abundance” or
“excessive” will be attached to whatever you do or experience. Finding
a middle ground with anyone could
be difficult at best. Still, you do not
need to lose your temper. Give yourself and others space to gain a new
perspective. Tonight: Nice and easy.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20)
HHHH Your creativity could peak,
especially in a brainstorming session. As a side benefit, there will
be many ways to gain financially
from your ingenuity. Do not allow
a partner to be difficult or touchy
with you. Establish limits. Tonight:
Use your imagination when making plans.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)
HHHHH You might be needed
in one place but want to be somewhere else. This conflict immediately causes tension. See how you
can find a solution that works for
both sides; think outside the box.
Tonight: Find a friend who always
comes up with strange yet effective ideas.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH
You are not in the mood to mind your
words. Yet if you don’t, you could discover that an argument could develop. People can accept much more
if you are sensitive to their feelings.
Listen to your inner voice -- it is guiding you through any unusual situations. Tonight: Hang out.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Be
more discreet than usual when dealing with money and others’ funds.
The less said the better. Not everyone needs to know about an investment that surrounds a key relationship. Curb a need to go to
extremes. Tonight: Go for some
overindulgence.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22)
HHHHH Just be yourself, and
nothing really can go wrong. You
have a way of getting caught between obligations and your desires.
You probably can juggle it all right
now. Be careful with a loved one.
He or she could push you beyond
your limits. Stay cool. Tonight: Avoid
harsh words.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHH
You can’t imagine what is going
on behind the scenes. If someone
pretends not to notice your efforts,
it could mean that you are trying
too hard. Do yourself a favor: pull
back and watch that person come
forward with a little time. Tonight:
Avoid a disagreement.
SCORPIO (OC T. 23-NOV. 21)
HHHHH Zero in on a meeting or
a gathering of like-minded people.
You could feel your morale rising.
After having conversations with others, you’ll feel much surer of yourself.
Still, lie low for now, and let others

reveal their thoughts first. Tonight:
Where your friends are.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21)
HHH Curb your anger, or you
might be sorry. A close associate
could lose his or her temper when
you least expect it. Others come toward you with only the best intentions. You might not quite believe
that you are so fortunate. Tonight:
The lead player as the weekend
begins.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH
Keep reaching for another point of
view. Make calls, seek out experts and
get feedback. Meanwhile, make every attempt to distance yourself from
someone who might be involved with
you in a difficult situation. Tonight: Go
where you’ll find music and all sorts of
people.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)
HHHH You work best with one
other person right now, rather than
with a group. You could be going
overboard by sharing every idea that
pops into your head. Others might
feel overwhelmed. Pick and choose
how much you want to share. Tonight: Go off with a special person.
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHH
You come from a place of security,
which makes it easier to deal with
any situation. The wise Fish would
back away from an explosive situation. Opportunities come through
a partner or someone you care a lot
about. Be careful with a person who
seems to be out of sorts. Tonight:
Join friends for drinks.

WVU to host Princeton in NCAA tournament
By Robert Kreis
Sports writer

What more can a coach
who has an overall record
of 235-90-36, has won six
regular season conference
titles and three conference tournament championships in her 17 years at
a program she started from
scratch want?
“There is no question, for
me, personally, winning a
national championship has
always been my ultimate
goal,” said head coach Nikki
Izzo-Brown.
“Along the way I have individual goals, team goals,
long-term (and) shortterm for both of those. For
me, personally, to win a national championship would
definitely be something that
I’ve always wanted to fulfill and want the team to
experience.”
For the 13th-consecutive
season – a testament in itself – Izzo-Brown will lead
the West Virginia women’s soccer program to the
NCAA tournament in the
hope of reaching her ultimate goal.
The Mountaineers will
face Ivy League champion
Princeton to kickoff the
journey.
“Obviously, Princeton
won the Ivy League. They
have a winning streak go-

ing on right now,” IzzoBrown said. “It’s going to be
a very tough game, but every game now in the NCAA
tournament it tough.”
Princeton enters Saturday’s match at 7 p.m. at Dick
Dlesk Soccer Stadium on an
11-game winning streak.
During that streak, the Tigers are scoring nearly four
goals a game, while holding
opponents to a measly 0.8
goals per game.
“I expect Princeton to
come out, be organized,
be ready for battle,” IzzoBrown said. “They’re a
championship team with
special players. It’s going to
be a big game.”
The Mountaineers were
on a streak of their own –
and then the Big 12 tournament arrived. Before West
Virginia’s 2-0 loss to TCU in
the opening round of the
conference tournament,
Izzo-Brown and the Mountaineers went 13 games
without losing.
The coach is confident
her team will rebound by
the time the Tigers come to
town despite its first loss in
two months.
“I think the big thing
that I’ve always respected
from the character of this
team is anytime we’ve
made mistakes, or anytime we’ve faced adversity,
we’ve responded,” she said.

“We made some mistakes
against TCU that I know we
can fix.”
Izzo-Brown and the
Mountaineers have been
correcting those mistakes
as they prepare for the
NCAA tournament.
“The thing I’ve always
said to the team is, ‘look, if
we make mistakes we just
have to learn from them,
and turn them into positive,’” Izzo-Brown said. “I’m
really looking forward to
just seeing this team learn
from some of our mistakes,
turn it around and take it to
Princeton.”
To help Izzo-Brown correct those mistakes before
the opening match of the
NCAA tournament against
Princeton, she will rely on
her seniors’ leadership.
“It’s hard when you are
a coach and you are constantly preaching and saying this is what can happen,” Izzo-Brown said. “It’s
so valuable to have seniors
who have been in the position and players who have
been in the position before
to reinforce thing internally.
“It’s one thing to get up
there and preach it, but it’s
so much more important to
have players that can confirm what I’m saying,” she
said.
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Senior defender Bry McCarthy will be playing her final game at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Saturday night.

Women’s Basketball

West Virginia to open season against UNC Wilmington
By Amit Batra
Sports writer

After a dominating 10228 home exhibition win,
the No. 17 West Virginia
women’s basketball team
opens up the regular season against UNC Wilmington tonight.
The Seahawks will come
to Morgantown following a 52-38 exhibition win
against UNC Pembroke
Saturday.
UNCW is coming off a
20-13 season and an 11-7
conference record. The
Seahawks were able to advance to the WNIT for the
second consecutive time,
but could not get past Appalachian State in the first
round.
Leading UNCW will be
senior forward Karneshia
Garrett this season. Last
year, Garrett was able to
average 9.8 points and 7.5
rebounds per game. She
also earned 10 blocks on
the season.
In the first meeting between the two schools, the
Mountaineers will look to
open up the season in a
strong fashion. West Vir-

ginia returns nearly 80
percent of its team with
only senior Natalie Burton
graduating.
The Mountaineers return five starters and 98.4
percent of the scoring from
last season. WVU will look
to use the depth it has, as
every player should receive
time on the court this year.
West Virginia is 30-9 alltime in home openers at
the Coliseum. It has won
12-straight home openers,
including 11 straight under
head coach Mike Carey.
After a home exhibition game, a closed scrimmage against Virginia Tech
and through film-viewing,
the Mountaineers feel as
though they’re ready to go
in the season opener.
“I think we realized
some of the things that we
needed to work on and get
better in,” said junior guard
Christal Caldwell. “I think
we’ll be ready. I know they
(UNC Wilmington) are really athletic; they get after
it on the boards and they
shoot a lot of three’s, so
we’ll have to get back on
transition defense.”
Carey has emphasized

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Head coach Mike Carey and the West Virginia women’s basketball team open their regular season tonight.
getting up the lane and
getting easy transition
points off turnovers. Junior guard Taylor Palmer
realizes that getting easy
baskets against solid opponents such as UNCW will
be key.
“He (Carey) always tries
to emphasize the easiest
ways to get points,” Palmer
said. “He wants us to push
the ball, run the floor and
get easy baskets.”
While there are always
jitters and nerves with the
first game, the players and
coaching staff couldn’t be
more excited for the new
journey.
“I’m always excited
for season to start. It’s
hard to believe the season’s here already,” Carey
said. “We play Friday and
turn around and play on
Monday at Boston University. We’re excited to

get it started. As a coach
you’re never ready to get it
started because you want
to have more practice, but I
think we’re ready to go out
there and see where we’re
at right now.”
The Seahawks will bring
some challenges to Carey’s squad tonight. WVU
will see a lot of 2-3 zone
and some very aggressive
forwards who are capable
of double-figure rebound
numbers.
For Carey, it all starts
with taking care of the ball
and continuing the defensive pressure. During the
scrimmage and exhibition,
the team played 13 players, and Carey said they
will continue to do so until
they have their best rotation. The team also has too
many turnovers, they are
looking to reduce it to prepare for conference play.

“We’re having too
many turnovers because
we’re being too unselfish. I want us to be a little more selfish. If you turn
it over, it’s usually a layup
on the other end. We’re
going to play several people, and it’s going to look
sloppy at times, but that’s
the only way we’re going
to be ready for conference
play,” he said.
At this point in the
young season, Carey said
it’s all a learning process,
especially for the younger
players. Once the freshmen learn the system, the
Mountaineers can be a
very deep team, even without center Asya Bussie.
Along with Caldwell
and Palmer, the projected
starters will be sophomore
forward Averee Fields
and guard Linda Stepney
and senior center Ayana
Dunning.
The action gets underway at the Coliseum at 7
p.m tonight.
dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Caroline Szwed
WVU women’s soccer

WVU needs
your help
Saturday
The Big 12 Conference
regular season champion needs your help this
weekend.
The football team will
be out of town and your
West Virginia women’s soccer team will host the first
round of the NCAA tournament against Princeton Saturday at 7 p.m. at Dick Dlesk
Soccer Stadium.
The Mountaineers are entering post season with an
11-4-4 record.
Sophomore forward Kate
Schwindel leads the team in
points and junior forward
Frances Silva has scored 10
goals on the season.
The Mountaineers also
have three All-Big 12 First
Team selections in senior
defender Bry McCarthy,
senior midfielder Bri Rodriguez and Schwindel, as
well as one All-Big 12 Second team selection in Frances Silva
The Mountaineers also
landed two All-Big 12 Newcomer selections with freshman defender Leah Emaus
and junior midfielder Kara
Blosser.
Princeton (13-3-1) is led
by senior forward Jen Hoy,
who has 17 goals on the season. The Tigers are ranked
No. 3 in the nation in total goals and are on an 11game winning streak, including an undefeated
record in conference play.
This streak is the longest it’s
had going into the NCAA
tournament in the history
of the program.
West Virginia is led by
head coach Nikki IzzoBrown, who was recently
awarded Big 12 Coach of the
Year for guiding the Mountaineers to a Big 12 regular
season title in the team’s
first year in the league.
My head coach has also
has never posted a losing
season in her career at West
Virginia University.
Her passion and relentlessness have never been
questioned throughout her
history with the program,
and the win against Texas to
end the regular season puts
her at 248 wins at the helm.
As a team, the Mountaineers are pushing to help
Izzo-Brown reach 250 wins
this season, moving her into
the top-15 winningest active
coaches in Division I women’s soccer ranks.
The Mountaineers will
also face the pressure to do
well in what will most likely
be the senior’s last game at
Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.
Seniors Bry McCarthy, Mallory Smith, Bri Rodriguez
and Nicolette DeLaurentis
have been the core of this
team throughout their careers and this season.
It is crucial that everyone
comes out to support the
WVU women’s soccer team,
rain or shine.
We are asking everyone to
dress up warmly, and bring
your cheers and chants and
help the team take on the
Tigers!
Bring your friends, family
members and classmates,
as we want the loudest and
best crowd of the season for
our seniors!
Please come support the
WVU women’s soccer team
Saturday at Dick Dlesk!
Bring your game face as
the Mountaineers face the
Tigers in the first round of
the NCAA tournament.
We love our fans, and we
will see you there!

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SPORTS | 7

RIFLE

No. 1 West Virginia to take on Ole Miss, N.C. State
By Robert Kreis
Sports writer

The West Virginia rifle
team has made few mistakes in the first month of
the season.
It has won all five of its
matches, including two conference wins, and is ranked
No. 1 in the Collegiate Rifle
Coaches Association poll
while consistently shooting
a team score of around 4,700
each time it has taken to the
rifle range.
It is more of that consistency that coach Jon Hammond wants to see this
weekend when the Mountaineers take on two Great
American Rifle Conference
foes in Ole Miss Friday and
NC State Sunday.
“We just want to continue
what we’ve been doing,”
Hammond said. “We’ve
shown really good consistency so far, and I think

Mountaineers on a crosscontinent trip to AlaskaFairbanks Nov. 17.
To make sure his team
will stay mentally strong
over the next 10 grueling
days, Hammond will take
a stern approach with his
team.
“I think (I) have to be
pretty hard on them really. Probably sometimes
I’m quite hard on them
just keeping the intensity
there in practice,” he said.
“Really challenging them
all as individuals to keep
improving and keep getting better. It’s one of those
sports where there’s always something to work
on. Always something to
improve.”
But on a team like the
Mountaineers, it is not always the coach looking
over your shoulder that allows you to flourish. Hammond attributes the inner-

we’ve really raised the bar
from last season.”
With a season that
stretches from October
to March, the Mountaineer rifle team has reached
the equivalent to baseball’s
dog days of summer, but it
is important West Virginia
continues to grind until its
Thanksgiving break.
“It’s getting toward the
end of the semester, so everyone is starting to feel the
effect of class and getting
tired with everything that is
going on,” Hammond said.
“We have quite a long season, so sometimes it’s a bit
of a grind to keep going
through that and be ready
mentally for all the matches.
“We are going to have a
lot of matches in the next
10 days, so we’ll get a lot of
match practice.”
After taking on Ole Miss
and NC State this weekend,
Hammond will lead the

squad rivalries to keeping
the team focused.
“There’s some good competition within the team on
a daily basis in practice,”
Hammond said. “We’ve
really just got a final push
of the last 10 days until
Thanksgiving.”
There is no reason to believe the Mountaineers will
not grind out these final
days before Thanksgiving
break. Between the culture
Hammond has instilled on
the program and the elite
skill level of the team, consistency just seems to be the
nature of the Mountaineers.
“I think a lot of them have
really taken a lot of strides
from this year to last year,”
Hammond said. “They’ll
continually be learning
things for matches and
practice, and they just have
to keep doing that.”
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West Virginia head coach Jill Kramer looks on during a match earlier in the season.

The West Virginia volleyball team will take on the
Baylor Bears Saturday for
the first of its final two home
games of the season.
The Mountaineers will
aim to end the season on a
high note.
In addition, the Mountaineers will also attempt to
break their 0-12 Big 12 conference record as they take
on the Bears for the second
time this season.
The Mountaineers will be
much improved from last
weekend as freshman libero Anna Panagiotakopoulos returns to the starting
lineup yet again after making her first start in three
weeks against Oklahoma
Saturday.
P a n a g i o t a k o p o u l o s’
presence in the back line
has been significant for the
young West Virginia team
as the Phoenix, Ariz., native
has accumulated 257 digs
on the season to put her in
a tie for first overall on the
team.
“Having (Anna) in the
lineup is always huge for
us,” said West Virginia head
coach Jill Kramer. “She’s everywhere on the court, and

Rowing

she’s just a very active person in general to have out
there. The team is excited to
see her back.”
Despite losing to Oklahoma in a three-set sweep,
the Mountaineers appeared
much stronger offensively
than in previous matches,
recording 37 kills and hitting an impressive .375 during their third-set run at a
comeback.
During the match, junior
Arielle Allen recorded eight
kills on 12 attempts and only
one error to finish the match
with a .583 hit percentage.
Allen has been a significant contributor for the
Mountaineers this season
as her versatility has proven
useful at the outside hitter, right side and middle
blocker positions thus far in
the season.
“Arielle’s a great player,”
Kramer said. “She’s very versatile, and she fits anywhere
we put her. That’s something
a lot of teams really wish
they had, and I’m glad we
have her here to work with.”
Headed into their second
matchup against Baylor,
West Virginia will look to improve on their first impression in which the Bears defeated the Mountaineers in
a three-set sweep in Waco,

Texas.
The Mountaineers have
recorded two losses to four
different Big 12 teams so far
this season and hope to escape this trend Saturday in
the West Virginia Coliseum
against the Bears.
Baylor comes off a weak
stretch in which the Bears
have recorded just one win
in their past four matches.
However, the Bears do carry
a 17-10 overall record, including four Big 12 victories
and have proven that they
are anything but pushovers.
Baylor’s biggest win of the
season came Saturday when
the Bears defeated No. 23
Kansas 3-1.
During that Nov. 3
matchup, Baylor relied
heavily on its defenders,
who responded well as the
Bears saw four different
players record double-digit
digs at a time where defense
was a top priority.
To defeat Baylor, the
Mountaineers will need to
match the Baylor’s defensive
strength in to provide time
for the offensive front to find
their spots and record kills.
The action gets underway Saturday at 1 p.m. at the
WVU Coliseum.
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West Virginia to compete at the Philadelphia Frostbite Regatta
By Shea Ulisney
Sports writer

The West Virginia rowing team will return to the
water Saturday at the Philadelphia Frostbite Regatta
on Cooper River in Cherry
Hill, N.J.
Last weekend, only
the novice crews participated at the Head of the
Occoquan Regatta, earning top-10 finishes in
the women’s novice four
event and women’s novice
eight event. Varsity crews
stayed home to continue
training.
“At this time of the
year, every week of training is a plus,” said head
coach Jimmy King. “We’re
about a third of the way
through our year, so
each week builds on
the previous week of
training.”
According
to
King, this week’s practice was focused on higher
stroke rates in preparation for the week’s sprint
racing.
The sprint style of racing will give King and the
Mountaineers a new look
in Philadelphia.
For this weekend’s race,
the Mountaineers have entered in both novice and
varsity events - the open
double, novice fours, varsity fours, novice eights
and varsity eights events.
This will be the first race
this season that the entire West Virginia team
will travel and compete
together.
Last year at the 2011
Philadelphia Frostbite Regatta, the Mountaineers
finished with three medals. In women’s open doubles, the “A” crew finished
in first place with a time

of 7:59.39. In the varsity
open four the “A” crew finished ahead of Drexel and
George Mason with a time
of 7:50.05. The Mountaineers took a first and second place with the “B”
crew finishing with a time
of 8:13.17.
“Drexel and George Mason are regular competitors for us at the Frostbite,”
King said.
The
Mo u n t a i n e e r s
competed against Drexel
crews at the Head of the
Schuylkill Regatta two
weeks ago in Philadelphia.
The Dragons had seven
boats finish in the top five
in their events and claimed

the overall team point title for the third consecutive year.
West Virginia competed
against George Mason in
last week’s race at the Head
of the Occoquan Regatta.
The Patriots performed
very well while entering
nine boats and recording
five top-10 finishes and D a
varsity four first-place finish for the third consecutive year.
“The Frostbite is a fun
way to wrap up the fall
racing season,” King said.
“It’s a 2k race instead of
the usual longer fall head
races. We get to line up
alongside some of our

spring foes to see how we
compare at this point of
the year. No absolutes will
be drawn from this weekend, but it gives us another
opportunity to gauge our
progress in working towards the spring racing
season.”
The weather forecast
for Saturday’s race will
be seasonably warm for
this time of year. Expect
mostly sunny skies, with a
high of 59 degrees, winds
from the southwest at
5-10 mph, breezy with a
zero percent chance of
rain.
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West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen looks on during a game against Baylor earlier in the season.

Holgorsen makes return to Stillwater as Mountaineers take on Oklahoma State
by michael carvelli
sports editor

For the second time this
season, West Virginia head
football coach Dana Holgorsen will lead his Mountaineers into familiar territory as they travel to his old
stomping grounds to take
on Oklahoma State.
Holgorsen served as
Oklahoma State’s offensive
coordinator for one season before leaving to become West Virginia’s offensive coordinator and head
coach-in-waiting at the end
of the 2010 season.
“I felt that in order to get
a job like the one I’m fortunate enough to have now,
it would take being a coordinator at a higher level,”

Holgorsen said. “I took that
opportunity (at Oklahoma
State). I wasn’t going to go
there for a year and leave
for the same job. It was going to take a job like this for
me to leave the situation I
was in.”
The Mountaineers will
look to get back in the win
column against the Cowboys after losing three
straight games for the first
time since 2004.
After two straight blowout losses to Texas Tech and
No. 2 Kansas State, West
Virginia went down to the
wire with TCU last week
when it lost 39-38 in double overtime.
“It’s a tough loss,” Holgorsen said. “It was tough
in the locker room after the

game. We got together at 3
(p.m.) on Sunday and told
them we have three more
hours to be upset. I don’t
know how else you deal
with it.”
West Virginia looks to
use Saturday’s game as
its chance to return to the
form it was in through the
first five games of the season. The Mountaineers
started the year as one of
the most dangerous offenses in the country, averaging 52 points and more
than 570 yards per game.
Since then, senior quarterback Geno Smith and
company have struggled
to continue that momentum. In their three losses
this season, the Mountaineers are scoring 22 points

per game, and they have
scored just six touchdowns
in their 39 possessions in
regulation during their
three losses.
“Trust in the system and
trust in people being in the
right spots are a big thing,”
Holgorsen said. “We have
to execute, and it’s harder
to execute when you play
tougher defenses.
“You have to elevate your
game, and that’s coaching. We have to get it out
of them. When things get
harder, we have to play
better.”
West Virginia will take on
another tough defense this
week, as the Cowboys are
currently ranked No. 38 nationally in total defense.
On the other side of the

ball, the Mountaineers will
prepare to take on an Oklahoma State offense that has
continued to run a similar
system.
“It hasn’t changed much
at all. Just looking at it on
tape, there are some specific things that they do better than what we do,” Holgorsen said. “It’s the same
offense. If you look at it the
very closely, it’s called the
same, and a lot of the routes
are the same.”
That could be beneficial
to a West Virginia defense
run by co-defensive coordinator Joe DeForest, who
spent the last 11 seasons as
a coach in the secondary in
Stillwater.
The Mountaineers are
looking to carry over the

momentum they gained
against TCU. They forced
seven three-and-outs and
three turnovers against the
Horned Frogs in what DeForest and fellow co-defensive coordinator Keith Patterson called “one of the
most impressive performances of the season.”
“It comes down to the
effort being there. I don’t
want to put it all on the players; you can’t put it all on
the players. Our job is to get
them in the proper mindset
to play determined, motivated and with tremendous
effort and to get the right
people out there and try to
put them in the right situation,” he said.
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After securing a bid to
play in the 2012 Mid-American Conference tournament Saturday night, the
West Virginia Men’s soccer
team will take on Northern
Illinois tonight at 4 p.m. at
First Energy Field in Akron,
Ohio, in the first overall
game of the tournament.
Tonight’s contest will
be the first MAC tournament match in school
history for the No. 3 seed
West Virginia Mountaineers (9-5-2).
“It’s no different than
any other game,” said West
Virginia head coach Marlon LeBlanc. “We expected
to be here. We expected to
be in a situation where
we’re getting to compete
for championships.”
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Northern Illinois (6-9West Virginia senior midfielder Travis Pittman dribbles the ball earlier in the season. 3), meanwhile, is the de-

fending MAC tournament
champion. The Huskies defeated Buffalo and Western Michigan to claim the
title in November 2011 and
dropped Western Illinois 3-0
in 2011’s NCAA tournament
before being shut out and
eliminated by Creighton in
the second round.
The Huskies also dropped
the Mountaineers 1-0 in
the only meeting between
the two schools in the last
week of the regular season
this year. Both teams battled
fiercely in the first contest,
with Northern Illinois just
slipping past in the closing
moments via forward Isaac
Kannah’s game-winning goal
in the 84th minute.
“It’s a great chance for
us to get another shot,” said
senior midfielder Travis
Pittman.
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season, scoring 26 total goals
by 13 different players so far
in 2012.
Senior center back Eric
Schoenle led the team in
both total points (12) and
goals scored (6) for the
Mountaineers in the regular
season, while senior Uwem
Etuk and freshman Majed
Osman tallied 10 points each
with two and three goals
scored, respectively.
Northern Illinois’ contributions have been a bit more
exclusive, with only eight different players combining for
15 total goals – three fewer
than they’ve allowed their
opponents this season. But
according to the Huskies’
No. 2 seed in the conference
tournament, their 15 goals
have all come at just the right
time.
Gael Rivera leads the Huskies with 9 total points and
four goals scored. James Stevenson is right behind him
with 8 total points on three
goals and two assists, and
the aforementioned Kannah rounds out the list of
NIU players who have found
the back of the net more than
once for the Huskies in the
regular season, with two
goals of his own.
Both teams in the tournament’s first semifinal lost to
the Akron Zips in their only
other match at First Energy
Field this season, but Northern Illinois has been the
stronger team away from
their home pitch this season
overall, accumulating three
road wins compared to just
one lone road victory for
West Virginia.

The Mountaineers have
played to some close results
on the road, but LeBlanc told
reporters Thursday morning
before the team left for Akron it was going to ultimately
take more than moral victories for the Mountaineers to
prove they not only belong
in the MAC conference tournament, but also deserve to
be picked for the 2012 NCAA
tournament, whose selection committee will meet
Monday to render their final
decision on which 48 teams
will have the chance to compete for this year’s national
championship.
“We’ve played very well
at times and not gotten results, but at the end of the
day, as I tell our guys all the
time, the results are the only
things that matter,” Leblanc
said. “We’re a good team. Are
we one of the top 48 teams
in the country? Absolutely.
Are we capable of winning
a national championship?
Absolutely.
“But at the end of the day,
I’ve got to convince my boys
that it’s not about what it
looks like; it’s what it says on
the scoreboard.”
The winner of Friday’s
match will advance to face
the winner of the other tournament semifinal, which features the No. 4 seed Bowling
Green against the No. 1 seed
Akron, which is undefeated
within the MAC this season and was recently named
the No. 1 overall team in the
country by the latest NSCAA
Coaches’ Poll.

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Improv act to perform at Monongalia Arts Center

‘Comedy for a Cause’ comes to Morgantown’s Monongalia Arts Center to benefit the production of J.T. Arbogast’s latest work, ‘Angel’s Perch.’

by emily meadows
A&e writer

Laughter and philanthropy are set to be combined for an anticipated
comedy show tonight in
Morgantown.
“Comedy For A Cause,”
a benefit performance featuring New York City’s critically acclaimed National
Comedy Theatre will take
the Monongalia Arts Center stage at 7:30 p.m.
All of the show’s proceeds will benefit “Angel’s
Perch,” a West Virginia feature film produced by J.T.
Arbogast and Kimberly
Dilts, in conjunction with
the West Virginia Chapter of the Alzheimer’s
Association.
The all-ages comedy
show received national attention for its highly energetic, and interactive
pieces, and is often recognized for its unique delivery of clean and appropriate comedy.
Mirroring the format of
“Who’s Line Is It Anyway?”,
the cast doesn’t prepare a
script and performs a series of games and scenes
based on audience suggestions and interactions.
Their distinctive delivery makes each show diverse and personalized to
the crowd’s taste.
Arbogast, who performed with the improv
group for six years in New
York, said he had a successful run with the vibrant
comics, when he traveled
coast to coast and overseas for U.S.O. and military tours.
“It’s a show that’s accessible for audiences of all
ages, and I have yet to find
anyone who didn’t have a
great time at a show,” Arbogast said. “It seems logical to find a way to do an
event that’s fun and helps
continue to raise money
for the film.”
The audience will also
get the chance to take a
sneak peek at the upcoming film.
“Angel’s Perch,” currently in post-production,
focuses on the story of a
successful Pittsburgh architect, Jack, who returns
to his small hometown of
Cass, W.Va., to help his
grandmother, Polly, who
is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
Arbogast said he created

the film to shine light on
the disease which affects
nearly 5.4 million Americans each year, and he
hopes to project a more
positive image for the
Mountain State.
“One of the things that’s
inspiring for me about
West Virginia is both the
sense of community found
throughout the state and
the strong sense of family
that goes beyond bloodlines,” Arbogast said.
“There is such a strong
sense of pride that I don’t
think exists in many other
places.”
Although it is a fictional
film, Arbogast said it is
loosely based on accounts
of his grandmother’s battle
with Alzheimer’s disease,
and he said that many personal memories played an
integral role during the
writing process.
“My whole family is
from Pocahontas County
and it has always been
home for me,” Arbogast
said. “I always knew I
would try to find a way to
share this place with the
world.”
Arbogast said he also
tried to stray West Virginian culture away from the
negative stereotypes that
are so often connected
with the state through film
and television.
“Finding a way to celebrate the community and
family that make up West
Virginia was also important to me in this film, and
I think we’ve done a great
job with that,” Arbogast
said. “People outside of
the state tend to have this
very typical view that’s not
the community that we
know, so we worked hard
to make sure the true pride
here came through.”
The film is set to be
completed by spring 2013.
Tickets for the event
are $25 for general admission or $75 for the date
night package, which includes two tickets and an
open bar during cocktail
hour. Doors will open at
6:30 p.m., and the performance will begin at 7:30
p.m.
For more information
on ticketing and the event
in general, visit www.angelsperch.com.
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Lira Restaurant and Lounge offers a classy, upscale take on the downtown bar scene.

by Laura ciarolla
copy editor

The city of Morgantown
boasts an expansive and diverse nightlife which leaves
patrons with plenty of options for a night on the town.
There are so many bars,
clubs and events to pick
and choose from each evening, sometimes it can seem
overwhelming.
You may wonder who will
have the right atmosphere or
the best drink specials. Or
perhaps you’re looking for
the perfect place to spend
the night with a group of select friends, enjoying good
food and wine.

While the rest of the city
offers its usual crowded,
loud venues where you can
yell at your friends over the
blasting music while sipping
a watered-down cocktail,
one of High Street’s brightest gems offers a bit of class
to Morgantown’s party style.
Lira Restaurant and
Lounge, located at 343 High
Street, is known for its martinis and excellent wine selection. But West Virginia
University students may not
realize its potential as a casual dining location and bar.
“Our bar atmosphere is
a really nice change from
the typical Morgantown
venue,” said James Craw-

ford, head bartender at Lira.
“Loud bars are great, but every once in a while you really
want to enjoy your cocktail
and your friends.”
The way Crawford describes it, Lira almost seems
like an open dinner party, in
which diners can sit down to
enjoy an international, a la
carte food selection, as well
as drinks until later at night,
when the tables are cleared
and the party truly begins.
Some students may be
initially apprehensive of the
location’s somewhat more
refined atmosphere, but
Lira is actually a very affordable option for students on
a budget.

Each week features various drink specials, and single restaurant entrees can be
purchased for as little as $6.
Lira has been around for
almost two years, but just recently began to offer more
to the city in the form of live
entertainment.
Saturday night, Crawford
and executive chef Janet Ferraro will be hosting Morgantown favorites The Soul Miners in Lira’s first live music
event.
The Soul Miners are a local band known for consistently putting on good show.
They feature a nostalgic
mix of ‘60s and ‘70s cover
songs that will immediately

bring a crowd to its feet,
dancing and reliving the
best of decades of music.
The group has played at
a number of Morgantown
venues, such as Gibbie’s Pub
and Eatery and 123 Pleasant
Street, but this will be their
first visit to Lira.
“I’m a huge fan of The
Soul Miners, and I’m really
excited to host them,” Crawford said. “They always give
a great show.”
Although the venue is
usually a more low-key atmosphere compared to
some of Morgantown’s
clubs, Saturday night will be
a change from the norm.
When the band is ready

to perform, tables will be
cleared to form a dance floor,
and the restaurant/lounge
will transform for a night of
exciting, live entertainment.
Lira will also feature a variety of drink specials for the
event, including $2 domestic beer and Crawford’s personal specialty, Lira Limoncello Martinis, for $5 and a
$5 cover.
The Soul Miners’ show
will begin at 10 p.m.
Saturday.
For more information on
Lira’s menu and drink offers, or to view photos of the
venue, visit liralounge.com.
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“Our sound is best described as an audible implication that your life
might not be what you
think it is,” said Christopher Harris, Qiet frontman. “Simultaneously, it
is a reminder that you are
not alone. Our engaging
nature is engineered specifically for your pleasure.”
Qiet will bring this refined style to 123 Pleasant
Street’s stage tonight, and
the group is excited and eager to perform its expansive library of tracks.
“It (123 Pleasant
Street)’s a venue you can
truly feel the history in. It’s
in the walls, the floor, the
dust on top of the massive
PA speakers,” Harris said.
“The whole place tells a
story. When its doors are
open, it welcomes you and
whatever chaos you have
in tow.”

Qiet’s sound is distinctly
Appalachian, a product of
the members’ Mountain
State roots. The group is
proud of this heritage, and
each song is laced with
undertones of the country
roads and crisp mountain
air that bred their musical
interests.
“From our instrumentation to the way we interact with people, our music is strictly Appalachian,”
said Mike Waldeck, Qiet
accordian and toy piano
player.
“When we write and
perform a salsa, that salsa
is going to be written and
performed by West Virginians. Our culture influences the sound and intention of every song we play.”
Popular local Irish folk
group Staggering Cardoons will open the evening’s proceedings in spec-

tacular fashion. Known for
its style, which has been
dubbed “full of heartbreak
and hard drink,” the Staggering Cardoons’ upbeat
sound is the perfect way to
kick off an evening of musical mayhem.
This is a band founded in
good times and even better
music, and that is exactly
what the crowd can expect
tonight.
“The other bands are
talented, agile, honest and
ambitious characters,” Harris said. “We look forward
to collaborating with them
in whichever universe we
meet them in by Friday.”
Doors to the event open
at 9 p.m., and there will be
a $5 cover charge taken at
the door.
Concertgoers must be 18
or older to attend.
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Intimate radio music
showcase Mountain Stage
returns to the West Virginia
University Creative Arts
Center Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
Founded by longtime
Charleston, W.Va., radio
host Larry Groce, Mountain Stage provides a unique
opportunity for musicians
to showcase their skills in a
cozy environment not replicated in other venues.
“It’s an evening of laid
back, fantastic music,” said
David Ryan, WVU Arts &
Entertainment public rela-

tions specialist. “It’s a traveling radio show that plays
locally on West Virginia
Public Radio and National
Public Radio that gets recorded in our very own Creative Arts Center and other
venues across the country.”
While Mountain Stage
has made stops at the WVU
Creative Arts Center as recently as Oct. 21, the show
is never the same, and the
lineup is always full of wellrespected and talented
musicians.
“We’ve got some great
names for this performance
with Mike Doughty, Charlie Mars and the Iguanas,

who were just added to the
lineup this week,” Ryan said.
“These are world-class performers that come out, have
some fun, engage with the
audience and play a very intimate set.”
Previous acts who recorded under the Mountain
Stage banner include national artists such as Johnny
Winter and Joan Osborne,
as well as local artists such
as West Virginia’s own Logan Venderlic.
For these musicians,
Mountain Stage provides
an incredible opportunity
to reach out to a broad audience that may otherwise not

be familiar with their work.
“It’s one of the best cultural events in the state,”
said Ryan Krofcheck,
singer/guitarist for local
group Fletcher’s Grove.
“When you are at a show, it
makes you feel like you’re
at an old-fashioned radio
show.”
Mountain Stage consistently provides a diversified offering of musicians
for concertgoers to enjoy,
and this approach works to
satisfy any audience.
“As many as five acts
perform each show, and
we’ve featured acts like
Justin Townes Earle and

The Punch Brothers in recent concerts,” Ryan said.
“The diversity is great, because there may be something you never considered
listening to before that you
unknowingly find yourself
tapping along to.”
In addition to Mike
Doughty, Charlie Mars and
the Iguanas, Sunday’s performance will bring singersongwriter Jeffrey Foucault
and Brooklyn-based multiinstrumentalist Alex Wong
to the Creative Arts Center
stage.
With this lineup of sensational musicians and composers on hand, concertgo-

ers will be exposed to some
new musical avenues.
“I myself have discovered some incredible acts
(at Mountain Stage), and I
can’t wait to hear this Sunday’s concert,” Ryan said.
“Mountain Stage is just a
great way to spend a Sunday evening.”
Tickets can be purchased
for $18 in advance at the
Creative Arts Center and
Mountainlair box office locations or by calling 304293-SHOW. Remaining tickets will be sold at the door
for $23.
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The M.T. Pockets Theatre
Company hosts its opening
night of the delightfully deviant play “Grams” tonight
at 8 p.m.
Starring Willa McWhorter, Shae McClain,
Isaac Snyder, Bobby Wolfe,
Adam Brown, Colin Crawford and Cathy Lazzel,
“Grams” promises a night
of laughs and sentimentality for the audience.
The piece was written by
Don Fiddler and directed
by Fairmont State University alumnus Sean Marko.
This is Marko’s second directing job with M.T. Pockets; he also directed the theater’s production of “The
Monument.”
“‘Grams’ is a play about
the misadventures of some
cousins who have kind of
failed to leave the nest and
are basically being waited
on hand and foot by their
grandmother, who is a nice
lady – very sweet, but might
be going off her rocker just a
little bit,” Marko said.
“Ultimately, I think it’s
what everyone really does
have to deal with all the
time, and that’s trying to
keep and make a family.”
The production is set in
a rural West Virginia living
room with a grandmother
and her three troubled
grandchildren.
With a pregnant hitchhiking granddaughter and
a paranoid drug dealer and
a hot-tempered homosexual gym addict for grandsons, Grams already has her
hands full before a mysterious relative shows up, insisting rights to the house.
The cast of “Grams” has
rehearsed for several weeks,
but they have only been onstage this week. While waiting for the previous production to wrap up, the cast had
to rehearse wherever they
could, whether it be a cafe
or Marko’s own home.
Willa McWhorter and
Isaac Snyder are first-semester acting students at
West Virginia University
and will be unable to par-

ticipate in University productions until their second
semester.
They decided not to wait
for their first college stage
experience and auditioned
for “Grams,” in which they
landed their first post-high
school roles.
“It was hard at first, because I just turned 18, and
I am playing a 70-year-old
woman,” McWhorter said.
“I feel like it is such a cool
experience to go outside of
what I know and become
something completely
different.”
McWhorter will be playing the role of Grams, while
Snyder will portray Joshua,
the endorphin-junkie
grandson.
“I would definitely say
that the hidden meaning of what this play is acceptance. There are people
that are different; we have
a transgender character, a
gay character, a pregnant
woman,” Snyder said. “It’s
been quite the experience;
even through the chaos, it’s
been awesome.”
Though the play is for mature audiences, it still carries a strong message of
family and acceptance that
the audience can take home
with them. The play is filled
with a wide range of emotion, ranging from hilarious bouts between characters to serious, life-altering
decisions.
“It’s a really interesting
play, and it seems a little
crooked and weird when
you listen to it, but if you
actually watch the play, it’s
a really nice message about
a family coming together
and learning and growing
through a really rough time,”
McWhorter said.
“Equally intertwined are
typical family moments that
I think families can relate to
really well. It’s just a really
nice, relatable play.”
Patrons can catch the
show Nov. 9-10 and Nov. 1517 at 8:00 p.m.
Regular adult tickets are
$13, and student tickets are
$8.
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